Texas State Highway 183

State Highway 183
SH 183, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	35.942 mi[1] (57.843 km)
Existed	by 1939[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	I-20 in Fort Worth
Major intersections	US 377 in Fort Worth I-30 in Fort Worth I-35W / US 287 in Fort Worth I-820 from Hurst to N. Richland Hills SH 121 from Hurst to Bedford Pres. George Bush Turnpike / SH 161 in Irving SH 114 in Irving
East end	I-35E / US 77 in Dallas
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← US 183 → SH 184

State Highway 183 (SH 183) is a state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. Its most heavily used section is designated Airport Freeway where it serves the southern entrance of Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport.

History[edit]

SH 183 was designated on November 30, 1932 from SH 15 east of Mesquite via Mesquite to Dallas. This highway was SH 15A before March 19, 1930, and this highway was erroneously omitted from the March 19, 1930 highway log.^[2] On September 26, 1939, it was extended to Fort Worth, replacing a section of SH 15. On October 30, 1939, SH 183 was extended west from US 81 to US 80. On October 6, 1943, SH 183 was extended south from US 80 to US 377, and SH 183 was rerouted east to US 77 northwest of Dallas. The section east of US 77 was renumbered as SH 352, and the old route west of US 77 would be designated as FM 684 on February 26, 1946, but this would be changed to SH 356 on August 8, 1946. On December 4, 1957, SH 183 was rerouted to end at I 35-E, and the old route of SH 183 was transferred to Loop 12. On May 13, 1977, SH 183 was extended southeast to I-20 over cancelled Loop 820. On August 29, 1979, SH 183 was rerouted over Spur 350 and SH 121 and I-820. The old route of SH 183 was redesignated as SH 10.

Route description[edit]

TX 183 begins in south Fort Worth, near Hulen Mall, heading to the northwest as a freeway from an interchange with I-20 and the Chisholm Trail Parkway. Entitled Southwest Boulevard, TX 183 crosses the Clear Fork of the Trinity River and meets Vickery Boulevard in a folded diamond interchange, from which it reverts to a three-lane arterial road. The route meets with U.S. Highway 377 in a large roundabout, shortly before heading north as Alta Mere Boulevard into an intersection with Spur 580 (Camp Bowie Boulevard). TX 183 meets I-30 in a cloverleaf interchange near Ridgmar Mall, turns northeast, and follows along the eastern boundaries of Fort Worth Naval Air Base and White Settlement as Westworth Boulevard.

Entering Westworth Village heading east, TX 183 forms a trumpet interchange with northbound Pumphrey Drive, connects with White Settlement Road, crosses the West Fork of the Trinity River, and becomes River Oaks Boulevard as it enters River Oaks. The road meets TX 199 (Jacksboro Boulevard) and is named Ephriham Avenue until it enters the North Side neighborhood of Fort Worth, where the road is called Northwest 28th Street. TX 183 continues east, passing north of the Fort Worth Stockyards and running over I-35W, after which it forms the northern boundaries of Mount Olivet Cemetery.

TX 183 proceeds through the residential neighborhoods of Haltom City until it joins U.S. 377 at an intersection, turning northeast onto Belknap Street. U.S. 377 departs from Belknap Street at Denton Highway, leaving TX 183 on Belknap Street until the route diverges eastward from Belknap Street and the southern terminus of TX 26 as Baker-Hurst Boulevard. The route continues through Richland Hills until meeting I-820 concurrent with TX 121 (Airport Freeway). TX 183 turns north, joining both routes, and turns east along with TX 121 as I-820 turns west at a large interchange in North Richland Hills. In northern Hurst, TX 183 and TX 121 are joined with the North Tarrant Express tollway from the I-820 interchange. TX 121 departs at another interchange in Bedford. TX 183, along with its tollway, remains on the Airport Freeway, meeting TX 360 in an interchange at Euless. The route connects with the southern end of International Parkway, which proceeds north into the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport as TX 183 continues eastward.

Entering Dallas County, TX 183 forms an interchange with the President George Bush Turnpike (TX 161). As the route enters Irving, it forms a cloverleaf interchange with North Belt Line Road, which connects with the western terminus of TX 356 (Irving Boulevard). TX 183 then enters the former site of the Texas Stadium, proceeding into a interchange with Loop 12 (Walton Walker Boulevard) and its tollroad. Spur 482 stems off the highway before TX 183 merges with TX 114, heading southeast as John W. Carpenter Freeway until both routes terminate in a merger with I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) in Dallas.

Exit list[edit]

The entire route is located inside Tarrant and Dallas counties.

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tarrant	Fort Worth	0.0	0.0	I-20 / Hulen Street – Dallas	I-20 exit 432 westbound.
		0.9	1.4	Chisholm Trail Parkway / Bryant Irvin Road	No westbound exit
	Benbrook	1.3	2.1	Crosslands Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Fort Worth	1.9	3.1	Ridglea Country Club Drive
		2.2	3.5	Vickery Boulevard	interchange; west end of freeway
		3.6	5.8	US 377 (Benbrook Highway / Camp Bowie Boulevard)	Traffic circle
		4.0	6.4	Spur 580 (Camp Bowie West Boulevard)
		5.0	8.0	I-30 / Spur 341 (Lockheed Boulevard) – Weatherford	Exit 7B on I-30
	Westworth Village	7.0	11.3	NAS Fort Worth JRB / FMC Carswell	Interchange
	Fort Worth	10.0	16.1	SH 199 (Jacksboro Highway)
		10.8	17.4	FM 1220 north (Azle Avenue)
		12.2	19.6	Bus. US 287 (North Main Street)
		13.8	22.2	I-35W / US 287	I-35W exit 54
	Haltom City	16.8	27.0	US 377 south (Belknap Street)	West end of overlap with US 377
		17.3	27.8	US 377 north (Denton Highway)	East end of overlap with US 377
		18.6	29.9	SH 26 north	Interchange; no eastbound entrance
	Richland Hills	19.0	30.6	To Rufe Snow Drive (Spur 474) / SH 26
	Hurst	20.9	33.6	I-820 south / SH 121 south / SH 10 east – Downtown Fort Worth	west end of I-820 / SH 121 overlap; SH 183 west follows exit 24A
		21.7	34.9	Pipeline Road / Glenview Drive	I-820 exit 23, access to North Hills Hospital
				SH 121 Express north / SH 183 Express east to FM 157	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-820 exit 23A
		22.0	35.4	SH 26 / FM 1938 north (Davis Boulevard) / Bedford-Euless Road – Colleyville, TCC Northeast Campus	I-820 exit 22B
		22.6	36.4	I-820 west	north end of I-820 overlap; SH 183 east follows exit 22A
		23.5	37.8	FM 3029 north (Precinct Line Road) / Hurstview Drive
	Hurst–Bedford line	24.8	39.9	Norwood Drive / Brown Trail
	Bedford	25.6	41.2	Bedford Road / Forest Ridge Drive
		26.4	42.5	Central Drive / Forest Ridge Drive
		27.1	43.6	SH 121 north – DFW Airport North Entry	East end of SH 121 overlap; no direct westbound exit (signed at Murphy Drive)
		27.4	44.1	Westpark Way / Murphy Drive
				SH 121 Express south / SH 183 Express west to I-820	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Bedford–Euless line	28.6	46.0	FM 157 (Industrial Boulevard)
	Euless	29.1	46.8	Ector Drive	no direct westbound exit (signed at Euless Main Street)
		29.3	47.2	Euless Main Street
		30.3	48.8	SH 10 west	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Fort Worth	30.8	49.6	SH 360 / FAA Road – Grand Prairie, Arlington, Grapevine, Euless
		31.5	50.7	Amon Carter Boulevard
		32.0	51.5	DFW Airport (International Parkway)
Dallas	Irving	32.6	52.5	County Line Road / Valley View Lane
		33.4	53.8	Pres. George Bush Turnpike / SH 161 north
		33.8	54.4	Esters Road
		34.7	55.8	SH 356 (Irving Boulevard) / Belt Line Road
		35.7	57.5	Story Road
				Frontage Road	westbound access only
		36.7	59.1	MacArthur Boulevard	Access to Baylor Medical Center of Irving
		37.2	59.9	O'Connor Road
		38.0	61.2	Frontage Road
		38.5	62.0	Carl Road
		39.1	62.9	University of Dallas	Westbound exit only
		39.4	63.4	Loop 12
		40.2	64.7	SH 114 / Spur 482 – Grapevine, DFW Airport North Entry
		40.6	65.3	Grauwyler Road
	Dallas	41.3	66.5	Regal Row
		42.2	67.9	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		42.5	68.4	Mockingbird Lane – Dallas Love Field Airport
		42.7	68.7	I-35E south (US 77)	I-35E exit 433A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Unopened

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Fort Worth Street Map. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1990. ISBN 0-528-96843-2
• "Dallas/Ft. Worth & Vicinity." Texas Atlas & Gazetteer. First edition. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping, 1995. ISBN 0-89933-241-2
• "Dallas/Ft. Worth & Vicinity." The Road Atlas: United States, Canada & Mexico. Skokie, Illinois: Rand McNally, 2001. ISBN 0-528-84286-2